FSF's May Declined to Join News Distortion Petition
Free State Foundation President Randolph May said in a post on X Friday that he was asked to sign a recent petition against the FCC’s news distortion policy (see 2511130052) but declined because the document was too one-sided. “While I…
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declined to sign the petition, I do favor elimination of the news distortion rule,” said May, a former assistant general counsel and associate general counsel at the FCC between 1978 and 1981. “It will be difficult to move forward until the signers acknowledge abuses occurred under previous Democrat FCCs.” The petition was signed by several former Republican FCC chairmen and commissioners. Former FCC aide Gigi Sohn, who represents the petitioners, said May didn't tell them he believed the petition was too one-sided when he declined to sign. May didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.